87R945 AJZ-F
By: Rose H.B. No. 345
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties and powers of peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.13(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The officer [shall]:
(1) may, if authorized, [in every case authorized by
the provisions of this Code,] interfere without warrant to prevent
or suppress crime;
(2) shall execute all lawful process issued to the
officer by any magistrate or court;
(3) shall give notice to some magistrate of all
offenses committed within the officer's jurisdiction, if [where]
the officer has probable cause [good reason] to believe there has
been a violation of the penal law; and
(4) may, if authorized, arrest offenders without
warrant so [in every case where the officer is authorized by law, in
order] that they may be taken before the proper magistrate or court
and be tried.
SECTION 2. Articles 2.14 and 2.15, Code of Criminal
Procedure, are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.